Hey everybody. My partner and I are expecting a little DUDE due in [name_f]September[/name_f]. We just learned his sex yesterday at our first (visual) ultrasound. Up until yesterday morning, we felt certain that this baby would be female, and have been stumped for names for a boy since that positive pregnancy test way back in [name_u]January[/name_u]. We are not trying to come up with THE NAME before the bean is born in the fall, but we want to have a few ready to go when we finally meet him face-to-face.
Our criteria for a name are as follows:
- It has to have significant history as a name (creative spellings are a no-go as well);
- Extra points if it’s a longer or more “formal” full name with potential for laid-back, uncommon nicknames;
- It can’t end in -a (too repetitive with our girl’s name) or -r (runs together with our surname);
- We’d like something that is not super-duper popular - outside the SSA Top 100 at least;
- No names starting with M or T, as those are our initials and we don’t want to set ourselves up for all M names or whatever.
We’re taking suggestions from now until this guy is born! My reaction when the technician told us his sex was “This baby might be nameless for a week after he comes out!”
Thanks in advance for all your ideas!